DONE!!!

I reached New York in one piece. After riding 5800 miles according to the odometer I am happy to cross the finish line. Back to real life. Back to be just another tourist in a little hostel in New York City. It feels damn good.
I want to thank everybody who supported me so greatly during my USA-trip. Every mail and every message means a lot to me! Honestly.
And I want to apologize to my butt, which had to carry my weight and endure all the potholes I hit during all those miles.
I sold the bike today, and got enough money back to keep on travelling for a while.

Where to go next?
What to do there?
Which continent?

I have no idea, but today I go and get wasted!!

P.S.: There will always be a reason not to do something, get over it!

Trip log:
Day 1: 370 miles to Santa Barbara
Day 2: 150 miles to Los Angeles
Day 3: 300 miles to Las Vegas
Day 4: 1 mile to the Casinos
Day 5: 270 miles to Williams
Day 6: 230 miles to Page
Day 7: 300 miles to Gallup
Day 8: 330 miles to Santa Fe
Day 9: 350 miles to Amarillo
Day 10: 350 miles to Oklahoma
Day 11: 150 miles to Tulsa
Day 12: 200 miles to Springfield
Day 13: 290 miles to St.Louis
Day 15: 350 miles to Chicago
Day 19: 300 miles to Flint
Day 20: 320 miles to Toronto
Day 25: 100 miles to Niagara Falls
Day 26: 330 miles to Albany
Day 27: 250 miles to New Paltz
Day 35: 150 miles to New York

almost there!

Trip log:
Day 1: 370 miles to Santa Barbara
Day 2: 150 miles to Los Angeles
Day 3: 300 miles to Las Vegas
Day 4: 1 mile to the Casinos
Day 5: 270 miles to Williams
Day 6: 230 miles to Page
Day 7: 300 miles to Gallup
Day 8: 330 miles to Santa Fe
Day 9: 350 miles to Amarillo
Day 10: 350 miles to Oklahoma
Day 11: 150 miles to Tulsa
Day 12: 200 miles to Springfield
Day 13: 290 miles to St.Louis
Day 15: 350 miles to Chicago
Day 19: 300 miles to Flint
Day 20: 320 miles to Toronto
Day 25: 100 miles to Niagara Falls
Day 26: 330 miles to Albany
Day 27: 250 miles to New Paltz

The Falls

I left Toronto to continue my trip to New York. After having 5000 miles behind me I wanted to finish my trip. So I went to Niagara Falls. This place is like a little Las Vegas, Casinos, colourful billboards and hotels everywhere. Oh and by the way, there is a nice waterfall too. Learning that only a third of all water is actually feeding the waterfall and the rest powering huge turbines, designed by Nicola Tesla himself, was very impressive.


Another day another exiting story

I left the falls behind and found myself one day later at the Americade. A massive Motorbike Expo with tons of chrome, deafening engine sounds and Harleys. Cheeky as I am I showed up with my Japanese Suzuki, a huge backpack strapped to the backseat and no licence plates. I met some very nice Canadian bikers, who refused to belief, that I even crossed the boarder to Canada with that set up.



The Catskills and The Centre for Symbolic Studies

The Catskill mountains are a fabulous place to ride. Beautiful hills coloured in green for miles and miles. I decided to find a place, where I could stay for some days to do nothing but riding and reading. And there it was- out of the blue I found the Centre for Symbolic Studies. I think I am not eloquent enough to explain what is done here so I’ll provide a link (http://www.symbolicstudies.org). Basically it is about altering the collective unconscious by injecting myths into it. Still doesn’t ring a bell? I told you- Check out the website. I got to use my little tent and found out that it is not waterproof :-) Since then I stay in a cabin, without electricity and running water. But therefore I met some really interesting people. I really enjoy the long discussions with them.